Econ Comments & Analysis
RCM | The U.S. Needs a Vigorous Medicare Debate
Medicare is in trouble. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office's new cost estimates for Medicare, released last week in its new update to its Budget and Economic Outlook, raise projected Medicare spending by $136 billion over the next decade due to lower than expected productivity and higher than expected costs for goods and services.
Blogs
Heritage Foundation | How Obamacare Robs Medicare and Hurts Seniors
Obamacare cuts $716 billion from Medicare over the next 10 years, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), and uses these “savings” from Medicare to fund other entitlement expansions mandated by Obamacare.
